All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 39
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DataData: Nearly two-thirds of shoppers back 1p fashion tax
Over half of shoppers say they would be prepared to pay a penny tax on fashion purchases to bolster the sector’s sustainability credentials.
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NewsTrafficking gang used slaves to supply top UK grocers
Retailers including Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Asda were supplied goods from supply chains that used slaves from the UK’s largest human trafficking network.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will Instagram be your biggest sales channel?
As Instagram sets out its plans to move from social to shopping, we ask if the platform can be retail’s next big sales channel?
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NewsM&S launches food marketing campaign with ITV Weather
Marks & Spencer has launched a promotion with ITV Weather to highlight its fresh food credentials.
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NewsBoux Avenue raids M&S to complete top team
Boux Avenue, the specialist lingerie retailer owned by tycoon Theo Paphitis, has completed its senior management team with a hire from category market leader Marks & Spencer.
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NewsAgenda: Tesco, Ted Baker and Boohoo update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Tesco, Boohoo, Majestic Wine and the postponed result of the Arcadia CVA vote on the agenda.
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NewsM&S sustainability boss Mike Barry steps down
Marks & Spencer’s sustainability supremo Mike Barry is to step down from the role later this month.
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NewsAgenda: AO.com, Card Factory and Joules update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from AO.com and Card Factory and the result of the Arcadia CVA vote on the agenda.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: M&S bosses tune into staff's song
Patrick Blower’s take on the Marks & Spencer bosses’ plan to ‘bring back the voice of the stores’.
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NewsGrocery sales fall in May as promotions rise
Supermarket sales slipped over the last month as grocers came up against tough annual comparisons.
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OpinionOpinion: High time M&S turns up volume on stores' voices
When Marks & Spencer revealed that it is to amp up the voice of its stores, including sharing P&L information with staff, the reaction in the retail industry was bemusement.
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NewsAgenda: Pepkor Europe and GFK consumer confidence
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with an update from Pepkor Europe and GFK’s latest consumer confidence survey on the agenda.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How M&S is getting back to shopkeeping
Marks & Spencer has reported a fall in full-year profits and sales as it presses on with its transformation plan.
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NewsM&S full-year profits fall as sales decline
Marks & Spencer has recorded a fall in its preliminary pre-tax profits, but boss Steve Rowe heralded “green shoots” in the department store’s ongoing transformation plan.
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OpinionOpinion: Julian Richer’s gift shows retail at its best
Retail entrepreneur Julian Richer showed the retail industry in the best light when he passed control of his business to staff last week.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ocado co-founders square up for online delivery battle
Waitrose has come out fighting in the looming online grocery battle with M&S by linking with an unknown tech start-up launched by Ocado co-founder Jonathan Faiman. Will it give Waitrose the punching power to upset its soon-to-be ex-partner?
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NewsMarks & Spencer people boss to step down
Marks & Spencer’s human resources director David Guise is leaving the retailer
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NewsAgenda: M&S, Halfords and Mothercare update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Marks & Spencer, Halfords and Mothercare on the agenda
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OpinionOpinion: Tacky ads won't help M&S reach £12bn food sales
Marks & Spencer has long been a tale of two halves, with grocery on a seemingly unstoppable run while clothing and home floundered.
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NewsM&S seeks to end ‘it doesn’t fit’ worries with digital investment
Marks & Spencer has taken a stake in a specialist clothes-fitting technology company as part of its drive to enhance its digital capabilities and bolster its appeal to fashion shoppers, Retail Week can reveal.